Native non-Asian numbers in Japanese and Korean are very different (1-10) from each other and from the Chinese numbers...
English | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Japanese | ひとつ | ふたつ | みっつ | よっつ | いつつ | むっつ | ななつ | やっつ | ここのつ | と |
hitotsu | futatsu | mittsu | yottsu | itsutsu | muttsu | nanatsu | yattsu | kokonotsu | to | |
Ainu | shi-ne | tu | re | i-ne | ashikne | iwa(n) | arawa(n) | tu- pe-san | shi-ne- pe-san | wa(n) |
Korean | 하나 | 두 | 셋 | 넷 | 다섯 | 여섯 | 일곱 | 여덟 | 아홉 | 열 |
hana | tu | seht | neht | tah-sot | yah-sot | il-gop | yo-dolp | a-hop | yol |
There is little similarity between any of these numeral systems.
Notes:
Ainu 8 and 9 - tu-pe-san and shi-ne-pe-san ... could these be (2 from 10) and (1 from 10)? That would be a little unusual.
Ainu 2 and Korean 2 are similar (even to English).
Notes:
Ainu 8 and 9 - tu-pe-san and shi-ne-pe-san ... could these be (2 from 10) and (1 from 10)? That would be a little unusual.
Ainu 2 and Korean 2 are similar (even to English).
Ainu do not resemble Inuit numerals, nor Manchu numerals, nor Chukchee numerals. Itelmen only has a few numerals before resembling Russian.
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